Roadway shootings suspect arrested

By Jerry Wolffe, For Journal Register Newspapers

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

An unidentified Wixom man has been arrested in the Wixom jail Tuesday for questioning in the random shootings at some 24 vehicles in Oakland County and three other counties since Oct. 16, Ingham County authorities said.

Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wiggelsworth Tuesday morning said police executed a search warrant in the 1500 block of Kings Crown Court in Wixom on Monday night and took a 43-year-old man into custody for questioning. A tip led to the warrant being sought and identification of the suspect.”

He did ask that anyone with information or a tip to still call police as the investigation is ongoing.

Prosecutors from four counties will be reviewing police reports shortly.

“They have a suspect,” the spokeswoman for Wiggelsworth said. “He’s in the Wixom jail now. We are trying to confirm whether he is our guy or not.”

With more than 2,800 tips and a hundred investigators, police have been working the case nonstop.

“The arrest was the result of information derived during the investigation over the past few days,” Wixom police chief Clarence Goodlein said in a statement.

Police also towed away a dark-colored black sedan. Earlier, witnesses said the shooter, who used a high-caliber handgun to fire at 24 vehicles, was driving a black car, possibly a Chevrolet Cavalier, Oldsmobile Alero or Ford Mustang.

A man who lived next to the home where the warrant was executed said he watched Monday evening as police towed away a Chevrolet Malibu or Impala.